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Why are flat morphisms "flat?"
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Proofs without words
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What is Quantization ?
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Mathematical games interesting to both you and a 5+-year-old child
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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
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How can a mathematician handle the pressure to discover something new?
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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
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Why were matrix determinants once such a big deal?
Awarded Jun 24, 2018 at 21:14
Tweetable Mathematics
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Why should one still teach Riemann integration?
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Why study Lie algebras?
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How can a mathematician handle the pressure to discover something new?
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Is the series $\sum_n|\sin n|^n/n$ convergent?
Awarded Feb 26, 2018 at 7:19
Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)?
Awarded Feb 14, 2018 at 6:44
Nonequivalent definitions in Mathematics
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5/8 bound in group theory
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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
Awarded Jan 11, 2018 at 19:00
Proofs without words
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
Awarded Dec 14, 2017 at 4:24
What is a chess piece mathematically?
Awarded Dec 13, 2017 at 2:08
Geometric interpretation of trace
Awarded Dec 7, 2017 at 18:00
The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics
Awarded Dec 1, 2017 at 10:13
Nonequivalent definitions in Mathematics
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Why is a topology made up of 'open' sets?
Awarded Nov 7, 2017 at 19:11
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What are some famous rejections of correct mathematics?
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History of "without loss of generality"
Awarded Oct 7, 2017 at 21:33
Examples of great mathematical writing
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Are there examples of non-orientable manifolds in nature?
Awarded Oct 3, 2017 at 18:29
Fundamental Examples
Awarded Sep 22, 2017 at 21:40
Why worry about the axiom of choice?
Awarded Sep 20, 2017 at 5:51
Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove
Awarded Sep 7, 2017 at 14:32
solving $f(f(x))=g(x)$
Awarded Aug 18, 2017 at 13:57
What is torsion in differential geometry intuitively?
Awarded Aug 16, 2017 at 16:56
Famous mathematical quotes
Awarded Aug 16, 2017 at 15:35
If $f$ is infinitely differentiable then $f$ coincides with a polynomial
Awarded Jul 25, 2017 at 6:02
Is a free alternative to MathSciNet possible?
Awarded Jul 16, 2017 at 14:57
What's a mathematician to do?
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Nontrivial theorems with trivial proofs
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Why do Bernoulli numbers arise everywhere?
Awarded Jun 7, 2017 at 15:23
Did Bourbaki write a text on algebraic geometry?
Awarded May 30, 2017 at 22:11
Why worry about the axiom of choice?
Awarded May 26, 2017 at 1:08
Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics
Awarded May 21, 2017 at 22:56
Why do so many textbooks have so much technical detail and so little enlightenment?
Awarded May 15, 2017 at 17:21
Why do so many textbooks have so much technical detail and so little enlightenment?
Awarded May 15, 2017 at 8:35
Demonstrating that rigour is important
Awarded May 3, 2017 at 12:31
Proof that pi is transcendental that doesn't use the infinitude of primes
Awarded May 3, 2017 at 7:54
Tweetable Mathematics
Awarded Apr 28, 2017 at 16:22
What properties make $[0,1]$ a good candidate for defining fundamental groups?
Awarded Apr 17, 2017 at 4:52
Examples of unexpected mathematical images
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Slick proof?: A vector space has the same dimension as its dual if and only if it is finite dimensional
Awarded Mar 5, 2017 at 15:10
Has philosophy ever clarified mathematics?
Awarded Mar 5, 2017 at 11:52
Homotopy groups of Lie groups
Awarded Jan 28, 2017 at 22:53
Magic trick based on deep mathematics
Awarded Jan 23, 2017 at 11:12
What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
Awarded Jan 23, 2017 at 3:38
Famous mathematical quotes
Awarded Jan 18, 2017 at 20:57
Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics
Awarded Dec 4, 2016 at 11:19
Why is a topology made up of 'open' sets?
Awarded Dec 1, 2016 at 9:09
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